Conn. lawmakers likely to vote on death penalty

HARTFORD (AP) -- A co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee says Connecticut lawmakers will likely be voting on the high-profile death penalty repeal bill during Wednesday's Senate session.

Democratic Sen. Eric Coleman of Bloomfield says the bill will probably face proposals from opponents for amendments concerning living conditions for capital offenders and the early release credit program. Coleman said Tuesday he is confident the repeal bill will pass the state's House of Representatives but it will probably face more challenges in the Senate. The proposed bill would abolish the death penalty for all future cases. It would not directly affect the sentences of current death row inmates. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has said he will support the prospective bill.

FBI arrests art gallery owner for fraud

NEW HAVEN (AP) -- An FBI spokesman says a man who owned a Madison art gallery has been arrested on fraud charges.

FBI spokesman William Reiner says David Crespo was arrested Tuesday on mail and wire fraud charges. Crespo is expected to appear Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Bridgeport.

Crespo owned Brandon Gallery, which was raided in November 2010 by FBI agents who seized several pieces of artwork.

The gallery has since closed. Published reports say it carried original artwork by artists such as Picasso, Chagall, and Dali.

At the time Crespo denied that he was the target of a federal probe and said he was assisting a larger investigation into art fraud.

Teen enters plea

HARTFORD (AP) -- An 18-year-old Enfield woman who was accused of sexually assaulting an infant has entered a substance abuse treatment program after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

Kelsey Albertson pleaded guilty Monday to a risk of injury charge under a deal that could result in a 10-year prison sentence.

As part of the plea arrangement, Albertson was released into the custody of the Stepping Stone treatment program.

Albertson was charged in October with first-degree sexual assault and promoting a minor in an obscene performance.

Police say she sent photographs of herself performing sex acts on the baby to her boyfriend.

The child was placed in the custody of the state Department of Children and Families. Albertson is due back in court in May.